STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Must get ICG, IWPR and HRW on the job immediately. Who knows what gross abuses of human rights, freedom of the press and religious liberty drove these desperate young men to these harsh measures, after all peaceful means of securing their civil rights had been exhausted? Perhaps Frowick can be loaned out by OSCE to broker a peace deal? Or his predecessor/role model Willam Walker himself, to stage a massacre of innocent civilians? And the cruel and draconian incarceration of the freedom fighters' colleagues, forced to resort to narcotics trafficking, murder and rapine because of the savage repression of what, I'm certain, Christopher Hitchens would label the "drunken Tajik-fascists." And, say, how can we work Slobodan Milosevic into thie picture? A quote from Madeleine Albright? A leaked report from an anonymous source in Sofia? Tomorrow's headline: Brutality Leads To Rebel Uprising] Gunmen Seize 15 Hostages in Tajikistan June 16, 2001 4:09 am EST DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Gunmen in eastern Tajikistan have kidnapped 15 people, including a U.S. citizen and two Germans, to demand the release of several murder suspects, a Security Ministry official said on Saturday. The gunmen seized 15 civilians working for the German non-government organization Agro Action on Friday during their visit to Tavildara district, some 180 km (112 miles) east of the capital Dushanbe, the official told Reuters. The kidnappers were demanding the release of four or five people arrested last month on suspicion of taking part in the murder of deputy Interior Minister Khabib Sanginov in April, the official said. Later on Friday, the kidnappers released four hostages, including German Beathe Schorait, who heads Agro Action's Tajik mission, but seized four local Security Ministry servicemen. The remaining hostages include two Germans and an American. Two of the kidnapped Agro Action workers hold Russian passports, an organization official told Reuters. He declined to give any further details.Tajikistan, a mountainous Central Asian state of 6.2 million people, remains unstable after years of civil war. The impoverished country is flooded with weapons and killings and kidnappings are commonplace. Officials declined to say what steps were being taken to free the hostages. A maverick band took hostage a group of policemen in eastern Tajikistan in April. Three of the police were found dead several days later. A French aid worker, held hostage by an armed group, was killed in December 1997 during a bungled rescue attempt by government forces. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. http://buzz.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
